Welcome to the course
Hello and welcome to ‘Pathways to Property: Starting Your Career in Real Estate’, a three week course produced by the Reading Real Estate Foundation (RREF) and the Henley Business School at the University of Reading.
Watch Dr Emma Street from the Henley Business School and Paddy Allen from the Global Student Accommodation Group, introduce the course and explain what you’ll be covering over the next three weeks.
Whilst we are delighted to welcome learners from around the world and look forward to your invaluable contribution to the discussions and activities, we have developed the content with a specific target audience in mind. If you are 14-18 years old, and think you may be interested in a career in property, this course is for you.
Your educators
| Victor Nicholls | Victor is a freelance regeneration consultant and a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Real Estate and Planning, Henley Business School, University of Reading. A chartered town planner, he has over 30 years experience in local authority development, property and regeneration. |
| Dr Ed Shepherd | Associate Professor of Planning and Development at the Henley Business School. Edward is a dual-qualified (MRICS and MRTPI) chartered planning and development surveyor and town planner with experience in both private practice and academic teaching and research. |
Your student mentors
| Harriet Heylen | 2nd year student studying for a BSc in Real Estate at the Henley Business School, University of Reading. |
| Harman Tawana | 2nd year student studying for a BSc in Real Estate at the Henley Business School, University of Reading. |
| Harry Lloyd Jones | 1st year student studying for a BSc in Real Estate at the Henley Business School, University of Reading. |
Course facilitation
Your Educators and Mentors will be facilitating the course discussions between 28 June and 18 July.
We recommend you follow the Educators and Mentors listed above (you can do this by clicking the links to the educator and mentor profiles and then the pink ‘Follow’ button under the biography) to view responses to common queries within the course. By following other profiles, any comments made will appear in your activity feed on your profile, which you can filter by ‘Following’.
Survey
We’d also be grateful if you could please fill out this optional pre-course survey for the Henley Business School and Reading Real Estate Foundation. It should take less than a minute to complete.
Now you’ve met the team and know what to expect from the course, we’d really like to meet you.
Are you interested in a career in property? If you were to pursue a career related to property, what would it be and why? What are you hoping to gain from the course? Share your thoughts in the discussion below.
Pathways to Property: Starting Your Career in Real Estate
Pathways to Property: Starting Your Career in Real Estate
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